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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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